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15 he meeKJv Current Topics, i V Panorama. J CAJVAL SCHEME. .. . . . . . i Women, A vigorous protest ngnlnst tho ten dency of young women to loavo tho imrontnl roof ant! embark In tho pur fiiiitfl hcrctoforo followed In civilized countries exclusively by men Is con tributed lo tho current number of tho dndopondent by Henry T. Finck, tho woll known sociologist and author. Against tho woman who Is compelled (by misfortune or poverty to earn hor living In Bomo form of Industrial ac tivity Mr. Finck has no complaint. It Is for this class, In fact, that ho pleads when ho protests against what ho calls a "foolish and criminal warfaro on homo llfo." For overy woman who Joaves tho roflnlng atmosphere of homo llfo to engage In a gainful occupation moroly from cholco and ndt of neccs oity diminishes tho opportunities of tho thousands of poor who must cam their dally bread. Tho epidemic delusion that homo is no place for a girl seems In Mr Flnck'B opinion to bo gaining ground dally. Instead of recognizing the need of tho homo and Its Influences In our civil ization n consldornblo number of ngl t a tors aro endeavoring to dlsscmlnato tho Idea that it Is tho duty of wotnon, no matter what their circumstances, to mako themselves self-supporting and Independent. Tho writer Is very novoro upon tho phaso of tho "now woman" movement which takes em ployment away from thoso who nro compelled to cam a livelihood. He says: "Tho selfishness which prompts tho daughters of well-to-do parontB to lower tho rato of wages for everybody by flooding tho market with a compe tition as ruinous as nn Invasion of chenp Chlncso labor Is a most unwom anly quality which should make mon shy of marrying them; though, to bo Hiiro, many of these girls, llko thoso who encourage tho slaughter of birds for their hats, do not know how cruel they aro." Kven In tho caso of girls and women who must work tho writer does not bollovo that they should bo allowed ns thoy aro at present to prcclpltnto themselves blindly Into nearly every kind of a Job that men havo hereto fore performed In this country. Tho ndvocntos of "woman's Independence" tako a groat deal of pleasuro In call ing nttontlon to tho remnrkablo "prog ress" of women In Invudlng tho em ployments of men regardless of tho question whetller theso employments nro sultublo for them or not, Tho fact that 45 per cent of tho factory work of this country Is now dono by women Is sometimes pointed to ns a Kratlfylng ovldenco of woman's ad vancement In Independence. Metropolitan of Canada. Bishop Bond of Montreal has just bcon selected by tho houso of bishops of tho Church of England in Canada to BISHOP BOND, ft'jccood Archbishop Lewis as metropol itan. Ho will horcaftor bo known as lord archbishop of Montreal and met ropolitan of Canada, having Jurisdic tion ovor tho torrltory from tho west cm limits of Ontario to tho Atlantic ocean. Archbishop IxuvIb, who has boon sorloiiBly ill at Now York, but It recovering, will bo pormlttod tho cour tesy title of archbishop metropolitan while ho lives, but It will not bo ofll clally omployed. Tho now metropoli tan of Canada has bcon bishop ol Mon treal slnco 1878. Ho was born nt Truro, England, In 1815, nnd emigrated from Kngland to Newfoundland whon ho was 10. In 1810 ho was ordulncd a deacon of tho Anglican church and n priest ono year later. His early ministry was spont lu organizing mission stations in tho provlnco of Quebec. His first Im portant chargo was that of 8t. Goorgo's at Montreal. Ho Is president of tho Montreal Thoologtcal Collogo and ono of tho most scholarly divines In Can ada. Forty Acres and a Mate, Bomo important ns well us Inter esting testimony was given before tho Industrial commission tho other day by Major R. B. Wright, a colored man, who la prcsldont of nn Industrial col- lego near Savannah, Ga. Tho tostl mony pertained to tho condition of nogroes In tho south, nnd was to tho effect that If tho govornmont had given each colored man forty acres and a mulo Instead of tho ballot It would havo been of woro benofit to tho rnco. In othor words, Major Wright Is of tho opinion that work rathor than suf frago Is tho only solution of tho negro problem. Xfnsuitabte Employments Jor r?, r r- r M-rt..-A XSha Laic General McCturj. Tho death of General Alexander C. McClurg removes ono moro mombcr of tho dwindling group of old citizens who helped to rnlso Chicago from tho rank of it small city to that of a great ono. Nearly forty-two years of his llfo were spent In Chicago. Both hU public services nnd his private enter prise have been such as to glvo him a well deserved pluco on tho city's roll of honor. General McClurg's military title was earned In many a hot battlo In tho Valloy of the Cumberland. Ho enlisted ns a privato In a voluntoer company which he assisted in organ izing in Chicago, and ho won his way upward through various grades to that of a brigadier goncral by brevet. Ho proved his soldierly qualities nt Chlckamaugn and Chattanooga and In othor great battles in that region, GEN. A. C. M'CLURG. nnd ho marched with Shermnn from Atlnnta to tho sea as n chief of staff in tho Fourteenth Army Corps. His book storo In Chicago has for ycar3 bcon a congonlnl contor for book lovers nnd tho "saints' and sinners' corner" has niado Its way into literature His standards as n publisher wore high and his business methods wero conservn tlvo and honorable, says tho Chicago Tribune. "Reaction Against Di-dorcc. Tho Supremo Court of tho United Stntes has handed down n decision which will havo tho effect of check ing tho American dlvorco lrnnln. Tho substanco of tho decrco Is that di vorces granted in a stato whero both husband and wlfo have legal residence nro valid In nny part of tho country, but that dlvorco granted In a stato or territory whero tho parties havo not a legal rcsldcnco Is invalid. This will reduce to a bigamous statue many persons who temporarily removod from tliolr legal rcsldcnco to n moro accommodating stato or torrltory for tho purposo of procuring detachment from a legal partner who had grown lnconvonlont or Insufforablo, tho mo tive in a largo majority of such cases being immcdlato remarriage to anoth er party already solccted. Tho decision will not opcrnto ngalust collusive dl vorco when tho parties aro rich enough to ho able to remove to n now legal rcsldcnco nnd abldo thoro long enough to satisfy tho terms of tho decision. Tho decision Is to bo welcomed ns a practical stop In tho direction of uni form dlvorco legislation In tho United Stntes. No legislation on tho subject will bo effectual which does not abso lutely prohibit mnrrlngo of tho guilty party or of both parties until at least n year after granting of a decree. So lax has dlvorco practice becomo In tho courts that marrlngo has ceased In a largo measuro to present to tho con tracting parties an aspect moro seri ous than that of a tompornry ngreo mont, to bo dissolved nt tho caprlco of both or of either. If romarrlngo woro mndo dlfllcult, or, what would bo bet tor, Impossible In lnw, tho dlvorco mill would grind moro slowly nnd tho orig inal contrnct would carry moro morul as woll as legal wolght. If tho tlo woro tightened In tho first knot thoro would bo less disposition to cut It for a second. Chlcngo Chronicle French In-Ocntor Triumphs. Tho now flying machlno which has been successfully tested nt tho Crystal Palaco, London, Is tho Invention of AlllMlnt nnllflrnn n TtVnnnlimnti iirtm has bcon long nn exporlmontor in norostatlcs. It Is rathor nn airship than n flying machlno propor, from tho fact that It depends for Its sunnort upon a cigar-shaped balloon sovonteon QAUDRON'S FLYING MACHINE. foot long by threo foot in diameter. Bonoath tho balloon nro fixed plat forms, certain of theso containing a motor and fan to supply tho nromilslv.t powor. Tho platform In tho mlddlo Is rcsorvod for tho noronnut, who thoro controls tho stcorlng Bear, On ! wlndloas day tho Inventor hones to nt tain n speed of thirty mlloa an hour. M. Qaudron and his British bncknr Cecil Barth, havo In contemplation tho minding or n machlno which will nc commodate, flvo persons. Tho sunnort lng bnlloon of such nn annaratus would havo to bo 100 foot long nnd thirty foot in ammeter. Ejcpert at 11. A Mnlno young woman has Just sot nn cxnmplc of what can bo dono even by n girl when she so wishes. Sho Is now not quite 13 years old. Her father is employed in handling bag gago at a railroad station nt Blddc ford, Mo., and whllo visiting him thoro sho boenmo attracted by tho telegraph Instru ments In tho sta tion. Securing per mission from tho Miss Simpson. ngent sho vis- Hod tho station every evening after school and spent her sparo hours In studying telegraphy. When sho was 11 years old sho was ablo to report trains nnd read ordinary messages. Last summer, during tho school vacation, sho was given chargo of tho telegraph ofllco nt Saco, Mo. Thoro sho served as both manager and operator, nnd sho did her work so well that tho superintendent of tho lino has promised her ft moro Important ap pointment when the grammar school which sho Is nttondlng closes in Juno. Lowers Defy Kinsl Edward. Roslo Booto, the English actress, la now tho marchioness of Hcadfort In splto of tho efforts of King Edward nnd tho mother of the marquis. Car dinal Vaughan granted tho dispensa tion to tho mnrrlngo at tho porsonal request of tho groom, MIbs Booto bo Ing a Catholic. Tho happy pair nro spending tho honeymoon at a hotel In Folkestono, London. Tho coromony was performed In tho registrar's ofllco at Saltwood, near Folkostono, the wit nesses being n vlllngcr and Miss Daisy Rocho. nn actress. Tho mnrrlago took placo early In April, but has Just been mndo public. Somo dolny was caused by his mother, who mannged to get possession of tho Hconso. Tho marchioness was exceed ingly bitter In her opposition. Miss Booto was then playing tho pnrt of a MARCHIONESS OF HEADFORT. soubrotto nt tho Gaiety. When sho suddenly disappeared It was believed that tho consent of tho marchioness had bcon obtained. Thnt lady, howevor, had mado a frantic effort to block tho imponding marriage. In tho last resort she np pcaled to King Edward, who took a hand in tho gnmo with somo spirit. Ho had been angered by a flippant lot- tor from Hcndfort, and ordered him to bo Imprisoned In tho barracks of tho Llfo Guards, of which ho is a lleuton- nnt. Tho colonel of tho rcglmont had rofuscd to allow- tho young man to re sign. Tho lovo affairs of tho marquis havo bcon tho drawing room topic at Lon don for somo months. Ho himself an nounced his engagement at n supper given by him to Hoslo'a friends nt tho Savoy. On thnt occasion ho placed around hor nock n costly diamond or nament, and swore loyalty to hor bo foro her friends. Tho young woman Is tho dnughtcr of a Dublin bootmaker. Sho is of ex traordinary beauty and a devout Cath olic. Sho assumed the nnmo of Booto by tho suggestion of a companion, who said that tho family business should not bo Ignored In ft mnttor of this kind. Hcadfort Is 23 years old. Ho belongs to tho ancient and noblo family of tho Taylours, ono of tho richest In tho Irish peerage "Dicu SawOe la "Roi." At a rocont mooting of tho Court Royalo of tho Islo of Aldomoy tho oath of alleglanco to his majesty tho king was administered to tho Judgo, Jurats, king's procurator nnd othor oltlclals with duo and fitting coromony, Bays a London newspaper. Aa each prosont took tho onth tho wholo court, rising, oxclaimod: "Dleu Sauvo lo Roll" which moans "God eavo tho King." Tho pooplo of Aldornoy evidently pro for a llttlo French In theirs. Fifty years a Geacher. Professor Joseph Honry Thayer has resigned his chnlr In tho Harvard di vinity school becnuso of old ngo. Ho wnB graduated from Harvard in 1850, recolved his degree from Andovor Theological seminary In 1857 and was professor of sacred lltoraturo at tho Andovor Bomlnnry for eighteen yoar. Slnco 1881 ho has bcon professor of Now Testamont criticism and Interpre tation at tho Harvard divinity school Jfl t ' f- HjpJJjVn J UAH Off. hORTE ; r ' 1 ' 1, i J. Plorpont Morgan wants to build tho Panama canal. Ho needs the wat erway to comploto tho transportation doals that he has under consideration, and ho has mado definite offers to Pres ident McKlnlcy regarding tho cutting In two of tho IsthmUB. Mr. Morgan has pointed out that tho construction of tho Nicaragua canal will cost tho government $30,000,000 for tho .first year and $20,000,000 annu ally thereafter for perhaps ten years. As tho expenditures of congress havo Increased enormously Mr. Morgnn has pointed out tho bad politics In adding tho expenso of a canal project to tho cost of running tho government. Status of the Ttvo Canals. l'nnntua Canal. t.cnsth 40.2 miles Amount completed (estimated).. 18 miles Amount spent $260,000,000 Cost of completion (estimated) $125,000,000 to $200,000,000 Work began In 1879 Work stoppcil 18S9 New company formed 18l Capital of new company $13,000,000 Terminus Atlantic coast Colon Terminus Pucltlc coast Panama Nicaragua Canal. Length (Including Nicaragua Lake) 170 miles The Hig Fair UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS FOR THE ST. LOUIS FAIR. Martin H. Glynn. John M.. Allen. Gcorgo W. McBrldo. Thomas H. Carter. John M. Thurston. Wllllnm Llndsny. While tho public has Its oyes focused on tho Pnn-Amerlcnn exposition nt Buffalo, preparations aro already un der' way for another and oven greater exposition. Tho latter Is to bo hold at St. Louis In 1003 and Is to bo tho contonnry celebration of tho purchase V Uhe SnaKe Charmers Of nil porsons In tho world there Is nono with a calling moro weird than that of tho snnko charmer of India. Our plcturo today shows two of thoso Hindus sitting by tho roadside, whllo their peculiar pets, tho snakes, sport beforo them for the nmusoment of tho passors-by. Tho serpents shown In tho plcturo aro tho terrible cobra-dl-ca-pellos, or hooded snakes, of tho East. In tholr natlvo stato they aro doadly creatures, but tho Jugglers, boforo handling them, first extract tholr fangs. Then thoy tench them to danco nnd keep tlmo to muuic. In somo of tho Hindu temples tho cobra Is an object of worship, being carefully fed with milk and sugar by tho priests. Tho natives havo ninny superstitions about this Bnakc, nnd oven bollovo that tho Deity sometimes assumes that form. Whon kindly treated tho cobra becomes qulto tamo. Music has a special attraction for tho cobra, nnd ho will often como from his hiding plnco when a flngolot or lluto la played In his hearing. When houso becomes Infested with tho ser pents tho snnko charmer comes Into use. Ho plays his flageolot, and tho serpents como forth nnd nro killed. It Is ISime lo UaKc in Sail. The treasury department sounds a note of nlar.-A. Ita officials vlow with undisguised concern tho speculative rago which has taken possession of Wall street and which Is carrying bo yond all reasonnblo bounds tho quota tions of tho securities not merely of railroads which aro earning money and f woll managod and stable ln- To bo excavated 27 miles Amount completed None (Only preliminary work nt Grevtownl Work begun igS7 Work stopped 1333 Estimated cost to complete, $100,000,000 to $200,000,000! icrminus Atlantic coast Qreytown Terminus Paclllc coast Drlto A Dispute OVcr Vestments. Tho Episcopal Church In tho United States Is stirred by a controversy over tho right of bishops to wear the miter, tho copo and other gorgeous vestments of tho medieval church. Last Novom ber the bishops of Chicago, Marquette and Indiana woro commissioned to consecrate Bishop Wellcr of Fond du Lac, Wis,, and It Is claimed that theyl used rubrics and vestments unwar ranted by tho Book of Common Prayer and by tho usages of tho church. Re sponsibility for tho servico has bcon disclaimed by Bishop Clark of Rhodo Island In a letter which ho signs as "Presiding Bishop of tho Church," but tho soven western bishops, who ofll clated nt Fond du Lac, dlsputo his right to mako any such disclaimer, and thoy havo now challenged tho Commission. of Louisiana by President Jefferson. Hcnco its name tho Louisiana Pur chaso Exposition. Largo appropria tions havo been mado and it Is expect ed to rlvnl tho World's Fair held nt Chicago in 1893. Tho city of St. Louis hns appropriated $5,000,000; tho stato SNAKE CHARMERS IN dustrlal concerns, but also of tho "cats and dogs" of tho stock mnrkot. Theso officials aro disturbed over tho fact that money which should be at the churcb to try them for tho alleged breach of canonical law. "Steel Trust alley" Is tho now nick namo given to upper Fifth avenue, PIERPONT MOEGAN Now York, whero Warner Leeds, Hon ry Phlpps, Andrew Carneglo nnd othor manufacturers havo purchased proper ty. "Paradise alley" ono Impecunious clerk has dubbed It. John Pollard, a boll ringer in Lanca shire, born In tho samo year with Vic toria, rang his bolls for her coronation and for each of her birthdays and toll ed them at her death. of Missouri an additional $5,000,000 and tho United States government Is a contributor to tho Bamo amount. To look uftor Its interests In tho fair nnd provide a suitable display tho gov ernment will bo represented by a commission of nlno members. Tho appointments havo been mado by President McKlnley and aro as fol lows: Ex-Senator John M. Thurston, of Nebraska; ex-Senator Thomas H. Carter, of Montana; ex-Senator Wil liam Lindsay of Kentucky; cx-Senntor Georgo W. McBrldo of Oregon; Fred erick A. Botts of Conncctlcutt; ex Representatlvo John M. Allon, of Mis sissippi; ex-Roprcsentatlvo Martin II. Glynn of Now York; Philip D. Scott of Arkansas; John F. Miller of Indiana. As a commlssioncrshlp Is worth $5,000 nnnunlly and is good for nearly threo years, tho places woro eagerly sought by tho politicians and states men out of Jobs. Tho commission con sists of flvo Republicans and four Democrats. Tho greatest number of men over, employed on ono structuro was tho Glzoh pyramid, whero 7,000,000 men wero in forced labor. This pyramid is 450 feet high and covers nn area of thirteen acres, twice tho dimensions of any other building in tho world, In ono lnstnnco taking 2,000 men threo years in bringing a singlo stone from tho quarry. A novel attempt to copo with tho drink ovll has been began by tho Bel glan government, which has offered a prize for the picture that best depicts tho evils of drunkenness. Australia's first measured wool clip was 20,000 tons, In 1821. This has now risen to 2,700,000. of India. V WEIRD PERFORMANCE. command of legitimate business has boon diverted Into spoculatlvo chan nels. Thoy would llko to seo that money wjitro It belongs. . V